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Embers November 2024
October 31, 2024 3:44 pmWe are coming to the end of another year and the FIRE committee hopes you have been applying the principles of the Catholic faith in your practice of medicine, even with your non-Catholic and non-Christian patients. The image this month is the official icon of the CMA, Christ the Life Giver, painted by Dr. Lynne Bissonnette-Pitre and our theme for this month is Recognizing the Image of God in Our Separated Brethren. Today is a Holy Day of Obligation as we celebrate All Saints Day (Nov. 1). In each EMBERS we focus on saints in the calendar that month... View Article
CMA Members Speak Out Against Proposed Abortion Amendments
October 28, 2024 11:03 pmBy Tim Millea, M.D. Every four years, a precautionary note is proclaimed by presidential campaigns: “This is the most important election of your life!”. Of course, hyperbole is standard fare in politics, but for this year’s election, that statement is distressingly accurate. The results are very important, but not only to us today. The 2024 election will have a multigenerational impact for those who come after us. However, the most troubling question is whether or not they will be allowed to come after us. CMA Physicians join Gov. Ron DeSantis in explaining why the proposed Amendment 4 in Florida is... View Article
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October 22, 2024 9:00 pmThe Catholic Medical Association joined a coalition of doctors and medical organizations to sign and launch the Women’s Healthcare Declaration to promote a program of dignified health care for women, especially surrounding pregnancy. The Declaration calls for accurate information about abortion to be given to patients as well as urging medical leaders, medical associations, and agencies to communicate accurately about pregnancy, pregnancy complications, and state laws. “Contrary to the misinformation, states with no abortion or regulated abortion laws do not prevent health care professionals from providing women care for a miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, an incomplete abortion, or any other life-threatening... View Article
The American Medical Association Honors CMA Members and Sisters
October 18, 2024 4:42 pmDrs. Therese and Marguerite Duane CMA members and sisters Drs. Marguerite and Therese Duane were recently recognized with the American Medical Association’s Women Physicians Inspiration Award. This award honors women physicians who dedicate their time, wisdom and expertise to inspire and encourage their fellow colleagues and students. The Duane Sisters are power-houses and inspirations in their respective field of medicine. Dr. Marguerite Duane is a Board-certified family physician and the cofounder and executive director of FACTS about Fertility, an organization dedicated to educating medical professionals and students about the scientific evidence supporting fertility awareness-based methods (FABMs). Dr. Therese Duane is... View Article
The Linacre Quarterly Receives Multiple Catholic Media Awards
October 18, 2024 2:15 amBy Dr. Barbara Golder Starting in June, I await (on pins and needles, usually) the announcement of the Catholic Media Awards. I am always proud of our content and our authors, but it’s so very nice when others in the field also recognize their excellence. Competition, as always, was stiff. Because The Linacre Quarterly is both a smaller publication, and not one of broad general interest, we are limited in the number of categories we qualify for as mainstream publications range from local diocesan newspapers to America and The National Catholic Register. Even so, this year, we garnered the following... View Article
Be Not Afraid
October 16, 2024 8:39 pmHas anyone ever asked you, “What are you afraid of?” It is only natural that at some point in our life, we all become afraid of what is or what might possibly happen or of some person or persons. Jesus Himself knows this about us. In John’s Gospel it says that Jesus, “Knew all men and needed no one to bear witness of man; for He himself knew what was in man.” (John 2:25) On October 16, the Universal Church celebrated the memorial of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque who promoted the devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Her vision... View Article
October Newsletter
October 16, 2024 1:53 amOur theme for this month is Seeing the Image of God in the Frail and the Elderly. No public figure better exemplified the dignity of old age than Pope St. John Paul II (Oct. 22). He continued to make public appearances and bring attention to the frail and disabled as his health declined. One of his greatest contributions to the Magisterium was his discourse on authentic human sexuality, given in a series of 129 Wednesday audiences from Sept. 5, 1979 until Nov. 28, 1984. You can read them in Man and Woman He Created Them: A Theology of... View Article
The Month of the Rosary
October 15, 2024 11:58 pmDuring this month of the Holy Rosary, I invite you to join me along with other bishops, priests and laity on Shalom Media USA, Inc. to pray for the upcoming U.S. Presidential Election. This 24 hour Rosary prayer starts at 12 AM on October 20 bringing together various Catholic organizations to pray for the good of our country. As health care professionals, we are challenged in many ways to live out our vocation in the medical field, which is why it’s so important to join hands and hearts in prayer for God’s providence and mercy to be poured out on... View Article
93rd Annual Educational Conference In Pictures
October 2, 2024 1:55 pmThe 93rd Annual Educational Conference was as much inspiring and uplifting as it was educational and eye-opening. Over 700 attendees gathered in Orlando, Tampa for three days of presentations covering the most pressing medical ethical issues of our day. “We did not envision that by 2024 we would be facing extreme cultural shifts in how some in the medical field would move towards new previously unthinkable standards of practice,” explained Dr. Felix Rodriguez, the conference chair. “The very definition of sex – the biological determination of maleness and femaleness – has been put into question, often with dangerous consequences to... View Article
Physicians Leading the Way in Speaking Out Against Radical Abortion Amendment
September 18, 2024 2:57 pmBy Nadia Smith The brave and active members of Florida CMA. Florida CMA members have been actively involved in educating about the dangers of the upcoming Amendment 4. Specifically, the amendment, if passed, will enshrine abortion through all nine months, not require a doctor to perform the abortion, remove parental consent and compromise medical conscience protection rights if passed. And based on what is happening in Michigan, taxpayers may be required to pay for those abortions. Dr. John Robert Hamill, Jr. speaking about Amendment 4 at the ecumenical service last month. These were the issues discussed in an ecumenical prayer... View Article